How Time Passes Differently for Twins Traveling at Light Speed

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Start date Apr 3, 2005
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In summary, the twin paradox explores the concept of time dilation in special relativity. It involves two twins, one remaining on Earth while the other travels at close to the speed of light and then returns home. Due to the effects of time dilation, the traveling twin will have aged less than the stationary twin upon their reunion. This is because time is relative and depends on the observer's frame of reference. The traveling twin experiences time at a slower rate due to their high speed, while the stationary twin experiences time at a normal rate. The concept of universal time is not applicable in this scenario and time can be distorted by objects of different masses. Ultimately, the effects of time dilation and relativity can result in different ages for the twins upon their

Apr 17, 2005

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jdavel

JesseM said:

...Since yogi now says he doesn't even agree with the Lorentz transform, I don't see him agreeing with the events you chose.

JesseM,

Well, he's free to pick any additional events he wants. But more to the point, I don't think yogi is interested in discussing relativity with event coordinates, intervals, etc. He wants to discuss things like "time slippage", "length contraction", "time dilation" and "objective differences". They give him the wiggle room he needs to escape whenever you try to pin him down on one of his errors.